Did you know that North America alone produces 50% of the world's garbage? TheJunkGuys recently created an eye-opening infographic on the 'Benefits of Trash Removal' that shows the big picture of trash in North America and explains it is imperative to dis

A recent poll shows that the average American spends upwards of $84 per day, but what exactly are they buying? Journalist Edward Humes helps answer that question in "Garbology: Our Dirty Love Affair with Trash" by investigating what Americans throw away

Mother Nature Network recently barred the headline warning that a number of the world's large cities are producing too much garbage, too fast, and the results will have economic as well as environmental consequences-- in an inevitable "garbage crisis"

According to data compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Americans generate plenty of solid waste, but they also recycle a significant percentage of it. In 2010, the nation as a whole produced approximately 250 tons of trash, or 4.43

The United States produces 250 million tons of garbage every year, according to the EPA. Twelve percent of landfills, which are close to capacity in most cities, are composed of plastics that will take hundreds of years to break down.

Restaurants produce far more garbage on a daily basis than most other retail businesses. A typical restaurant generates 100,000 pounds of garbage per location per year, the Green Restaurant Association estimates. With technology at our disposal

Our oceans are filling up with plastic: plastic that harms wildlife and never biodegrades; plastic that enters the food chain and leaches toxic chemicals. This blog is a record of my journey to live with as little unnecessary plastic as possible.

So-and-So's ugly dress at the latest Hollywood party gets 5,000 retweets, while nobody seems to care much about the fact that our oceans, seas, rivers and waterways in general are becoming cluttered with junk and toxic chemicals.